So, you sent a one-off comment in the group chat only to check your phone later and see that multiple people “ha ha” reacted to your comment – yeah, that high is fucking unbelievable. However, at some point, you’ll have to come back down to earth. Here’s how to come down from the unbeatable head-buzz that is receiving three “ha ha” reactions to your text.
Humble yourself by ruminating on your past failures.
Sure, this text got a few “ha ha” reactions, but what about the ones that didn’t? Remember when you photoshopped your head onto a bear’s body and sent it to the group chat for some reason that was relevant at the time, only for no one to respond, let alone text in the group chat for days? By focusing on that instead of this rare success, you’ll come down from this high faster than you can say, “Well, maybe that text just didn’t go through…Right? It probably just didn’t go through?”
Allow yourself to revisit the text three times – but no more.
Of course, you can savor the feeling of making multiple people cry-laugh (you’re assuming) via text. It’s important to give yourself time to enjoy your wins. But if you ever stand a chance of coming down from this heady, intoxicating high, you’re doing to have to cut yourself off at some point. After your third revisit, immediately put your phone down and go for a walk. Smell the air, touch a tree – that there’s a whole world outside of the group chat that you’re undeniably crushing in – go live it!
Focus on those that didn’t “ha ha” react to your text.
What the fuck is their problem, right? They probably think poorly of you and are plotting your downfall. Chew on that for a little and watch your highest of highs transform into your lowest of lows.
Take a week-long meditation retreat.
Find time to reflect, embrace the quiet, and engage in stillness. In addition to grounding yourself and connecting with your body, by going on a meditation retreat you’ll also have ample time to come up with another banger text to send the group chat, so you can avoid reliving the trauma of any of your past flops. Like the whole “photoshopped your head onto a bear’s body” debacle. Remember?
There you go! Follow these simple steps and you’ll be coming down from the best high of your life – and into the darkest depression you’ve ever experienced – in no time! Just remember: from the hardest struggles come the best group chat texts.
